Bills › 91st General Assembly
Concerning native distilleries, including distilling classes offered to individuals
Sponsored by Sen. Janet Petersen (D)
Topics:Alcohol, cannabis & gaming
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 3, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 10, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Native distilleries that do not have a retail liquor license can host supervised distilling classes for people aged 21 and older. Participants can make up to 750 milliliters of alcohol during a class, but they cannot drink what they make on the premises except for small tastings. The distillery must pay half of the wholesale price of the alcohol made in these classes to the Department of Revenue and cannot allow more than 300 gallons to be made through these classes each year.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows a native distillery that does not hold a class “C” retail alcohol license for the premises of the native distillery to provide supervised distilling classes to individuals on the premises of the native distillery if the individuals conducting the class and participating in the class are at least 21 years old; the amount of alcoholic liquor each individual in the class produces is limited to 750 milliliters; alcoholic beverages, including those produced in the class, are not consumed on the premises, except for tastings; the native distillery remits 50 percent of the wholesale price for the alcoholic liquor being manufactured by the individuals in the distilling class to the department of revenue; and the native distillery allows not more than 300 gallons of alcoholic liquor to be produced on an annual basis by individuals participating in distilling classes.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 10, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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